The Bear Essentials
platform game for Commodore 64, 2016
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Poor old Bear!
He's just spent the summer being incredibly lazy, and ignoring all of his
chores. Mrs. Bear has finally caught up with him though, and is demanding
that he finds enough fruit (326 apples should do it!) for them to last the
approaching Winter.
He won't be allowed home until his task is complete. To add to his troubles,
all of the other animals are looking for food too, so best steer clear of
them!
Venture out into the wild to find all of the fruit from the areas around
Bear's home. Yes, even the strange glowing fruit from the abandoned mine that
Bear has been itching to explore lately.
Rumour has it that the mine was sealed up back in the 80's after a whole
SPECTRUM of problems...
What could be down there?!
Controls
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Use a joystick in port 2 to move Bear left and right, and the fire button to
jump. Pressing Run/Stop or the 2nd fire button will pause or unpause the
game. While the game is paused, you can toggle the music on or off by moving
the joystick left and right, or you can reset the game by holding down the
fire button.
You will start the game with 5 lives, but there is an extra life to be gained
in each area of the game from Bear’s very close friends - you should
recognise these familiar characters so be sure to head over to them if you
spot them.
Continues can be gained by discovering the special check point rooms that
separate the different areas of the game. Continuing when all lives have been
lost will let Bear keep all of the fruit collected so far, but he will be
taken back to the last check point room he visited.
You will be given passwords at certain points in the game, the first of which
will allow you to continue the game from the start of the mining area. Be
sure to try out any other passwords you spot to see what they do!
You are free to explore the areas in any order, but the mine will only open
after all other areas are complete. Make a note of the location of the mine
entrance when you discover it. Infinite continues will be granted in the
mining area, and you will continue from the current room. This will be very
handy, you’ll see!
Oh, and be careful down there... It's pretty MANIC!
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Some useful keyboard shortcuts
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[PAUSE] - stop/continue game
[F9] - quick load game state
[F12] - quick save game state (still stored after leaving the site)
[F10] - toggle performance meter
[F11] - toggle fullscreen mode
[ScrollLock] - quick switch control ports
[PageDown] - make a screenshot (320x200)